A lot of people have been asking me about the Class License that regulates 2.4Ghz and 5 Ghz WiFi equipment. After looking at the new ACMA web site, I managed to find the PDF version of the actual class license. There is also an explanatory statement.
I’ve been posting this on Whirlpool for quite some time, I may as well put it here. This steps you through how to upgrade the firmware on your Engin locked SPA-2000.
After the presentation at Melbourne Wireless’ monthly meeting, I have noticed a few updates with OpenWRT. It seems the latest version is actually code named White Russian. As normal, there are both the prebuilt binaries and source code available.
If you wish to know more about the captive portal setup I showed off at the meeting, contact me with your questions.
Having updated to Tiger on both my Apples here, I have to say that the collection of widgets available is just huge. They can do anything from look up a phone number, monitor web cams, or even post to my blog :). It’s the ultimate in organising little tools for various jobs. I currently have 3 clocks for different time zones around the world, the current weather, an app to monitor for available WiFi access, unit converter, Australian Yellow Pages directory, a Wikipedia look up tool, a live camera view of Sydney Harbour bridge, and the widget I’m using to write this post!
I have to say that these widgets are very useful indeed.
I got my cable going :) - One interesting thing that I did find however is that the PRM8030 radios really don’t like being hooked together with modem boards installed! Radios would key up without any activity, and just stay transmitting a carrier until the cross band cable was removed. I did some mods to the cable to allow LEDs to show which radio is transmitting, as well as a switch to enable/disable the cross band mode. After a bit of trial and error, this now works! I also had to install a relay to stop the mic audio being cut out even when the cross band was off!
On the wireless front, I will be doing a presentation on OpenWRT running on Linksys WRT54GS hardware at the next Melbourne Wireless meeting. Showing off a captive portal I have made which authenticates valid financial members of the group, and then allows them to use the internet connection free of charge. Nifty! There will also be a presentation on OSPF routing and a demo of this working via wifi at the meeting.